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Herbs as Medicines [PDF]

Archives of Internal Medicine, 1998
Herbs and related products are commonly used by patients who also seek conventional health care. All physicians, regardless of specialty or interest, care for patients who use products that are neither prescribed nor recommended. Some herbs have been extensively studied, but little is known about others. When a patient asks for advice regarding the use
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A phytosterol-enriched saw palmetto supercritical CO2 extract ameliorates testosterone-induced benign prostatic hyperplasia by regulating the inflammatory and apoptotic proteins in a rat model

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2019
Background Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is a pathological condition affecting older men. BPH complications often lead to deterioration in the quality of life.
Heggar V. Sudeep, Karempudi Venkatakrishna, Ballal Amrutharaj, Anitha, Kodimule Shyamprasad   +4 more
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Network Pharmacology and ­Experimental Analyses of the Mechanism of Analgesic and Glucose Intolerance Through Glucocorticoid Signaling in C57 Mice Treated with Water Extract of L. Spica

Natural Product Communications, 2022
The aim of this study was to confirm the anti-inflammatory effect and explore the adverse effects and underlying mechanisms of Prunella vulgaris L., which has been extensively used for hundreds of years in East Asia.
Li Gao, Chaoyun Zhang, Qiuying Li, Xiaojuan Peng, Guanghan Shima, Hongwei Cao, Pengfei Hao, Chao Li, Zhongming Zhang   +8 more
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An overview of the use of plants, polymers and nanoparticles as antibacterial materials [PDF]

Chemical Review and Letters, 2022
The expansion of industry, climate change, deforestation, and pollution of oceans, and exponential increase in the multidrug-resistant bacteria, humans are more to danger than ever before.
Milad Sheydaei, Shabnam Shahbazi-Ganjgah, Ebrahim Alinia-Ahandani, Melika Sheidaie, Milad Edraki   +4 more
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Functional Characterization of a 2OGD Involved in Abietane-Type Diterpenoids Biosynthetic Pathway in Salvia miltiorrhiza

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022
Salvia miltiorrhiza is one of the most commonly used Chinese medicinal herbs. Tanshinones, the most abundant lipid-soluble bioactive constituents of S.
Zhimin Hu, Li Ren, Junling Bu, Xiuyu Liu, Xiuyu Liu, Qishuang Li, Wending Guo, Ying Ma, Jian Wang, Tong Chen, Ling Wang, Baolong Jin, Jinfu Tang, Guanghong Cui, Juan Guo, Luqi Huang   +15 more
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Discrimination and Prediction of Lonicerae japonicae Flos and Lonicerae Flos and Their Related Prescriptions by Attenuated Total Reflectance Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy Combined with Multivariate Statistical Analysis

Molecules, 2022
LJF and LF are commonly used in Chinese patent drugs. In the Chinese Pharmacopoeia, LJF and LF once belonged to the same source. However, since 2005, the two species have been listed separately.
Yang-Qiannan Tang, Li Li, Tian-Feng Lin, Li-Mei Lin, Ya-Mei Li, Bo-Hou Xia   +5 more
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Metabolomics Reveals Distinct Metabolites between Lonicera japonica and Lonicera macranthoides Based on GC-MS

Journal of Chemistry, 2020
Lonicera japonica Thunb. (LJ) and Lonicera macranthoides Hand. -Mazz. (LM) have been widely used in Chinese medicine for thousands of years. Although the morphological characteristics of LJ and LM are quite similar, there are significant distinctions of ...
Rui-ying Liu, Jing Deng, Xiu-Lian Lin, Ya-mei Li, Yan Lin, Bo-hou Xia, Li-mei Lin   +6 more
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Potential benefits of oral administration of AMORPHOPHALLUS KONJAC glycosylceramides on skin health – a randomized clinical study

BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, 2020
Background Ceramides play a fundamental role in maintaining the skin health as a function of improved barrier permeability. Reduced ceramide content results in skin dryness and wrinkledness.
Sudeep Heggar Venkataramana, Naveen Puttaswamy, Shyamprasad Kodimule   +2 more
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A Metabolomics Study of the Volatile Oil from Prunella vulgaris L. on Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

Digital Chinese Medicine, 2020
Objective: Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is one of the most common gynaecological diseases. Here, this thesis aims to investigate the therapeutic effects of Prunella vulgaris L.
Deng Jing, Su Qian, Lin Xiu-Lian, Lin Yan, Li Ya-Mei, Lin Li-Mei, Liao Duan-Fang, Xia Bo-Hou   +7 more
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Sub-acute and acute toxicity of Ferula asafoetida and Silybum marianum formulation and effect of the formulation on delaying gastric emptying

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2019
Background Delayed gastric emptying play an important role in the pathology of functional dyspepsia. Owing to their functional attributes in alleviating the gastrointestinal disorders, single or polyherbal formulations have gained attention to treat the ...
Ramanaiah Illuri, Sudeep Heggar Venkataramana, David Daguet, Shyamprasad Kodimule   +3 more
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